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jribljl: goatsextroll is PCPolice, Americaisdumb...00:35
LjLjrib: thanks00:35
LjLwasn't that comcast?00:36
LjLguess he was last time00:36
Sorry:(00:36
SorryMy nickname was a reference to a meme popular in the computer programming culture.00:36
SorryWhy did LjL so quickly ban me?00:36
SorryLjL: Answer.00:37
jdongSorry: because it was quite inappropriate?00:37
LjLSorry: no.00:37
jdongand we know what reference you were making.00:37
SorryOkay.00:37
LjLactually, mr sorry00:37
Sorry:\00:37
jdongwhee00:38
LjL!forget qvm8600:45
ubotuI'll forget that, LjL00:45
LjL!kqemu =~ s/ - see also !qvm86//00:46
ubotuI'll remember that LjL00:46
LjL!virtualizers =~ s/or !qvm86//00:46
ubotuI'll remember that LjL00:46
LjLqvm86 has been deprecated by its author00:46
nixternalrob nalioth #kde is under a ctcp attack01:12
Pici!staff | ^01:13
ubotu^: Hey nalioth, jenda, rob, SportChick, seanw, BearPerson or ompaul! I could use a bit of your time :)01:13
nixternalubuntuser01:13
nixternalubuntuser [i=ubuntu@gateway/tor/x-d3c3eced43807f12] requested CTCP PING from #kde: :+++ATH001:13
Picinixternal: if its still happening, you could find a staff member in #freenode probably/.01:14
nixternalwe kicked him01:14
Piciah01:14
jdongnixternal: do people honestly think +++ATH0 work nowadays? XD01:17
nixternalwho knows...and go figure the name as well, and tor....01:17
* LjL has quit IRC (Ping timeout)01:17
jdongif so, please upgrade your modem, it's 20 years old :)01:17
nixternalhahahaha01:17
nixternalI didn't even catch that01:17
LjLjdong: hey, my 33.6k modem is the only thing that can stay connected to my VoIP line for more than 2 minutes!01:18
jdongLjL: I bet it has an escape guard though01:18
LjLjdong: uhm, no, it disconnects on +++ATH.01:18
jdongLjL: seriously?? what model is it?01:18
LjLhow would i know, it's buried in my server's dirty PCI slots since at least 5 years :P01:19
jdongdefinitely all the V.90 modems wait 3 seconds after +++ before escaping01:19
jdongV.34.... I'd expect the more "recent" ones to do the same01:19
LjLjdong, 199701:19
jdongLjL: hmm maybe that was before they dial-guarded them01:20
LjLoh wait, did i just say "PCI slot"? i was lying. ISA slot.01:20
PiciEISA01:20
LjLwhatever, not PCI anyway since it's not listed in lspci01:21
jdongwow01:23
jdongok that's old :)01:23
jdongsee above comment about upgrading :D01:23
LjLi don't think so01:23
Picilsisa?01:24
LjLno, there's no lsisa :)01:24
jdonglol, lsisa :D01:27
LjLjdong: there's more serious stuff than a modem with a slight security problem in that server, anyway01:32
LjLljlhead:/home/ljl# uname -r01:33
LjL2.4.27-2-k601:33
jdonghehehe01:33
LjLyou know, i started rolling my own kernel on there because i had a couple of stuck bits in my RAM... badram was useful :)01:35
LjLxike in #ubuntu is going to try to edit the APT database manually because he's tried to roll his own kernel, and installing the package he created somehow failed, so now APT insists that the package must be reinstalled prior to removal, but he doesn't have the package anymore01:42
Madpilotthat's a novel way to break his Ubuntu01:43
LjLyeah, but i'd rather give him a solution and avoid him editing the status file01:43
LjLdpkg --force-something?01:44
naliothforce breaks things01:45
LjLso does editing the status file01:45
crdlbisn't there a .old file?01:45
LjLcrdlb: where? what?01:45
crdlb/var/lib/dpkg/status-old01:48
jribwow, no victims01:48
jriboh I missed the first one...01:49
MadpilotLjL already banforwarded all the victims01:49
LjLjrib: yeah. :)01:49
LjLcrdlb: hm is it safe to overwrite status like that? anyway, even though he says he's sure the package has no leftovers, i wouldn't be so sure myself01:49
LjLisn't there just a reasonable way to make APT remove the package period?01:50
crdlbI have no idea01:50
Madpilotthis is why I've never bothered learning to compile. seems like an awesome way to borrow trouble.01:51
crdlbheh01:51
jribwell you have to tell it to ignore the fact it needs to be reinstalled with some --force, there isn't really an alternative that I can see if you do not have the package01:51
LjLi'll just go with a --force-remove-reinstreq01:52
LjL[03:05:14] --> thegallier_ has joined this channel (n=root@71.167.167.182).02:06
LjL[03:05:14] --> Fade2Blac has joined this channel (n=MostKnow@71.15.152.40).02:06
LjLjoined at the very same moment, both 71's, a root ident, hmm02:06
LjL[03:10:20] --> internet18 has joined this channel (n=internet@202.150.76.242).02:11
LjL[03:10:37] --> internet19 has joined this channel (n=internet@202.150.76.242).02:11
LjLtwo different realnames02:11
LjLthat's also interesting02:11
naliothLjL: these kiddy scripts do all that easily02:12
LjLnalioth: well the question is what should we expect, though. i can't just ban them02:12
LjL[03:11:53] --> internet24 has joined this channel (n=internet@202.150.76.242).02:13
LjLah, no, there IS something weird here02:13
naliothwhich channel?02:13
LjL#ubuntu02:13
nalioththey're staging02:13
LjLuh... but they hadn't done anything yet :P02:13
nalioththere's lots of them02:14
LjLnalioth: thegallier_ had actual clones?02:15
naliothyes, they both had 402:15
naliothand clones.pl is useless in a channel as large as #ubuntu 02:17
LjLnalioth: i don't know how clones.pl works, but "some" clone detector should be useful enough02:19
LjLanyway, 207-172-70-51.c3-0.sbo-ubr2.sbo.ma.cable.rcn.com also has three clones in #ubuntu02:19
LjLmight be legitimate though, don't go with the axe :P02:19
naliothLjL: it's a script for irssi02:19
naliothit just shunts all the names back to me when used in high capacity channels02:20
naliothno, i look first02:20
* LjL is once again tempted to deploy a certain bot... but perhaps some other day :)02:21
no0tic:)02:21
ubotuIn #ubuntu-ni, fitoria said: ubotu: where is igorgue?02:36
ubotuKurtKraut called the ops in #ubuntu ()03:40
ubotuBassetts called the ops in #ubuntu ()03:40
naliothklined03:42
ubotuIn #ubuntu-motu, somerville32 said: !forget hobbsee04:12
jdongha04:13
Hobbseeheh04:13
* Jucato forgets...04:15
Jucatoum.. who?04:15
Madpilotwhat?04:30
ubotuEvanlec called the ops in #ubuntu (Super5pam)05:05
Madpilotsomeone posting Nostradamus or some similar trash05:06
ubotuNrrd called the ops in #ubuntu-offtopic (Super5pam)05:08
Madpilotsame idiot, same strange crap05:09
tonyyarussoKnow what would be nifty?  If when a nick was supplied, ubotu also listed the IP/hostmask here, so if it showed up multiple times, staff would have it handy when K-Lines were appropriate.05:09
tonyyarussoand with that, /me -> bed05:10
Madpilotlater tonyyarusso 05:11
ubotuIn ubotu, KevinO0oO said: This is an autoreply: I am currently not available. Please leave your message, and I will get back to you as soon as possible.05:47
crdlbhaha05:48
jdongthat's gold.06:04
mjrincidentally, I find the kick games at least on -offtopic in extremely poor taste and damaging the atmosphere of the channel09:34
Garymjr, me too, it's terrible09:35
* Gary hides (it was his fault... points..)09:36
ompaulmjr, see mailing list - he wanted it to happen, honest 09:38
* ompaul points at Gary 09:38
Garymjr, you must excuse my learned friends behaviour, it was most unbecoming a lady...09:38
* ompaul chases Gary around all of irc with candy floss stuck to a toffee apple09:39
Garysee....09:39
mjrwell, I know here in Finland we are lax about the _important_ things such as, you know, using the wrong words at times, but around here ops usually aren't for infantile games on public channels09:42
ompaulahh you see you need to be from that little bit south of there09:49
ompaul;-)09:49
mjr...and then ompaul wantonly floods the channel10:09
mjrfuckin' ay10:09
ompaulmjr, killing an o4o conversation 10:09
ompauldiversion10:09
ompaulmjr, there are ways to move things along10:10
ompaulI could fight and mute but talk of oneko is a diversion10:10
ompaulas is cowsay10:11
mjr...luckily it doesn't scream "it's okay to flood here, guys!"10:20
mjroh wait, it does10:20
mjralso, the (apparent) ubotu !opabuse trigger is a shining beacon of op arrogance, especially considering such conduct by them10:22
mjrif you're arrogant, at least try to be worthy of it10:23
* ompaul has a memory - a simple one - no one is perfect10:26
Tm_Tummm10:33
Tm_TI agree with mjr 10:33
eth01any op's active?10:42
ompaulask away10:43
eth01apparently I'm banned from #ubuntu ... not sure as to why though, and yes, i have no idea ...10:44
ompaulback in a moment10:44
ompaul%btlogin10:45
ubotuAn error has occurred and has been logged.10:45
* ompaul looks10:45
ompauleth01, let me see if I can find out why10:45
eth01ta10:45
ompauleth01, please bear with me10:52
ompaulstill looking for a record10:52
ompaul1logs10:54
ompaul!logs10:54
ubotuChannel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ - Logs for LoCo channels are at http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/10:54
ompauleth01, so the reason you're nick was banned was that it had been used to troll and abuse the #ubuntu channel - I'll let you back in - please do /msg ubotu guidelines cheers11:03
eth01k, thanks.11:03
ompauleth01, is there anything else we can help you with?11:04
eth01nope :)11:05
eth01thanks again.11:05
* Hobbsee pokes gnome-running people12:37
Tm_Tummmm12:48
Tm_Tis "Exploit" good nick?12:48
Tm_Tno not something worth kicking but worth poking?12:48
* popey pokes Hobbsee12:51
Hobbseepopey: any way i can set what happens when i middle click on a window title?12:52
* Hobbsee wants middle click to shade and double click to maximise the window.12:52
Hobbseeit appears i cannot have this.12:52
Hobbseeand i cant seem to see it in the registry, either.12:53
popeyi think you are correc12:53
popeyi dont think that's an action that can be set12:53
Hobbsee*sigh*12:53
Hobbseebasic functionality, people.12:53
* popey shrugs12:53
* Hobbsee notes that most of the gnome devs only work with 2 windows, being a terminal and firefox.12:53
popeyi have never felt the need to shade a window12:53
Hobbseeit has it's uses.  sometimes.12:53
Tm_Theh12:54
Tm_Tand talking about major desktop environment, you cant think only "your need" ;)12:54
Hobbseepopey: the original question was about how to hide the damned drive entries from my desktop12:54
Hobbseebecause desktop icons are EVIL!12:54
Tm_Tagreed12:55
Hobbseemaybe slightly more so than systray icons.12:55
* Hobbsee found the answer to that, when googling, then doing it thru the registry.12:55
Tm_Thaha12:55
Tm_THobbsee: now you see why I wont touch GNOME12:55
* popey has a desktop littered with icons12:55
HobbseeTm_T: i am in gnome at the moment, have been for most of the last couple of weeks12:56
Tm_THobbsee: I notice =)12:56
Hobbseepopey: i did, till i decided that i liked pretty pictures, and it annoys me that the icons dont all look the same size :)12:56
Hobbseei think it's the preview thing12:56
* Tm_T posing: http://www.tm-travolta.net/shots/current.png12:56
* Hobbsee uses her desktop to download crap - and then remove it all in one hit, after having done the activity that required the crap.12:57
Tm_TI know, its ugly, I dont care, it works <312:57
elkbuntuHobbsee, you can hide the drive trays though gconf-editor. not sure if there's a newer, easier way or not12:57
Tm_Tdrive trays?!12:58
elkbuntuerr. drive icons12:58
Hobbseeelkbuntu: yeah.  that's what i found :)12:58
Tm_Tphew, you scared me12:58
elkbuntumy brain merged drive icons and systray12:58
Tm_Telkbuntu: scary brains you have then :))12:58
elkbuntuyou're implying i have multiple?12:59
Tm_TI thought we all have one in head, others in big toes12:59
Tm_Tah, right, you are hu-mans12:59
elkbuntuyeah, mere humans13:00
Tm_Tsorry, my bad13:00
* Tm_T climbs back to his mountain and reminds himself of being good old hermit13:00
ompaul!checkinstall14:06
ubotucheckinstall is a wrapper to "make install", useful for installing programs you compiled. It will create a .deb package, which will be listed in the APT database and can be uninstalled like other packages. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckInstall - Read the warnings at the top and bottom of that web page, and DO NOT interrupt CheckInstall while it's running!14:06
naliothdoesn't work half the time14:08
ubotuastro76 called the ops in #ubuntu (maja__)14:11
Hobbseenalioth: it worked best when it segfaulted.14:15
naliothmine never hits that high of a mark.  it just reports failure and slinks off14:17
LjL!ntfs14:19
ubotuTo view your Windows/Mac partitions see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticallyMountPartitions - For write access, see !NTFS-3g or !FUSE14:19
LjL!ntfs-3g14:19
ubotuntfs-3g is a Linux driver which allows read/write access to NTFS partitions. Installation instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions14:19
LjLthose two wiki pages are *so* much alike14:19
PriceChildisn't that all automatic now? :)14:19
LjLmounting windows partitions? i don't really know. it may be automatic but only for drives detected during installation... and maybe ntfs-3g is not automatic...14:21
LjLat any rate, those documents are a mess, especially the former14:22
Hobbseeit's automatic now14:27
Hobbseeread adn write14:27
naliothi don't have ntfs read/write capablility  :(14:29
Hobbseeyou clearly dont have the latest and greatest crack14:31
naliothi clearly don't run a machine capable of hosting ntfs partitions  :D14:31
Hobbseeor that ;P14:31
* nalioth is blight free and likes it that way14:32
=== Vor is now known as Vorian
ubotuDShepherd called the ops in #ubuntu ()15:06
ubotuastro76 called the ops in #ubuntu ()15:06
PriceChildgarrrrr15:06
seanwI stepped in, hope that was okay LjL?15:06
naliothklined15:06
LjLsure seanw15:07
seanwnalioth, huh?15:07
PriceChildThere we go...15:07
PriceChildgah and afetr all that...15:07
tomawhehe, 16 mode changes to defeat an 8 line spammer15:08
naliothseanw: serial spammer.  visited other channels. blah blah15:08
PriceChildtomaw, I should have just stayed in bed.... *thwacks chanserv.py for unbanning both*15:10
tomaw:)15:10
seanwnalioth, ah kay thanks15:13
seanwchanserv.py eh?15:13
naliothseanw: xchat version of auto_bleh.pl15:13
seanwAH right.15:13
seanwDoes that script do unbans?15:13
PriceChildyup15:14
PriceChildbut problem is.. it does a /whois first when you do /cs u to unban all bans on that user... I didn't realise that happenned on anything more than nicknames15:15
PriceChildand then i made a typo15:15
seanwI see.15:19
seanwI will avoid it I think.15:19
LjLSeveas: is your diskmounter script still actual? (i.e. does it work on feisty/gutsy?) i'm going to remake the filesystems wiki pages a little15:24
Seveasit's not actual and may fail15:25
LjLSeveas: what do you suggest, removing it, moving it to the bottom of the page with a disclaimer?15:27
Seveasremove15:28
naliothno15:29
LjLit's unfortunate though that we don't have even the faint shadow of drive management preferences in the current ubuntu versions :|15:29
naliothleave it and mark it usable for feisty and prior with the appropriate warnings for gutsy15:29
naliothor edgy and prior 15:30
naliothi _have_ used it on feisty and gutsy and it WorkedFormME(tm)15:30
LjLbesides in Kubuntu there is a totally *not* automated (but AtLeastIt'sThere(tm)) disk management kcontrol applet15:31
LjLnothing at all like that in Ubuntu?15:31
LjLok who here thinks that the RootSudo page should *not* tell how to enable root, even with huge disclaimers and warnings attached?15:41
nalioth+115:42
PriceChildLjL, yup15:42
nalioththere should be an explantory about how Ubuntu is designed to use the sudo model15:42
LjLwell, i know that hobbsee at least thinks differently... and i'm also not entirely comfortable with hiding information from people. *informing* them of the dangers, yes15:43
LjL(issue here is, there's been a double revert on RootSudo)15:43
PriceChildoh dear...15:46
PriceChildI seem to have lost my .gpg with all my passwords in...15:46
LjL...15:46
LjL"lost"?15:46
PriceChildyup15:47
PriceChildwell only half of them...15:47
LjL"lost" like in "rm .TABwhooops"?15:47
PriceChildmhmmm15:48
PriceChildmust have gone a few days ago but didn't notice15:48
=== PriceChild is now known as pricey
=== pricey is now known as pricechild
ubotuIn #kubuntu, b_ said: ubotu said he is a bot,,,,,16:04
jpatrickcan't certain factoids be locked?16:08
Tm_Tlike?16:08
Seveasjpatrick, yes, by discussing with the other editors :)16:09
jpatricklike the ubotu one16:10
LjLjpatrick, he didn't invoke the "ubotu" factoid16:11
LjLhe invoked the "ubuntu said he" factoid, which doesn't exist16:11
LjLs/ubuntu/ubotu/16:12
jpatrickah right16:12
LjLanyway, it's fun to get to see these smart folks' interactions with the bot :)16:12
ompaul!rootsudo16:23
ubotusudo is a command to run programs with superuser privileges ("root"). Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for all information.16:23
LjL!kernel16:37
ubotukernel is the core of the Ubuntu Operating System (named 'Linux') - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel.  You shouldn't have to compile one, but if you're convinced you do, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelCustomBuild.  Also, see !stages16:37
LjL!no kernel is <reply> kernel is the core of the Ubuntu Operating System (named 'Linux') - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel.  You shouldn't have to compile one, but if you're convinced you do, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile. Also, see !stages16:37
ubotuI'll remember that LjL16:37
ompaul!stages16:59
ubotuThe Ubuntu Kernel gets updated in stages.  If you have the updated kernel, but do not have the corresponding restricted modules, you may be leaving yourself with no X when you reboot.  If you have compiled binary versions of your video driver, eg from the nVidia site, you will need to recompile them for the new kernel.  This is normal, and not a bug.16:59
ompaulLjL, idea, are you watching?16:59
LjLwatching what?16:59
ompaulthis16:59
ompauljust a sec16:59
Piciwho?17:00
ompaul!no kernel is <reply> A kernel is the core of the Ubuntu Operating System (named 'Linux') - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel.  If you are convinced have to compile one do, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile. For more: /msg ubotu stages17:01
ubotuI'll remember that ompaul17:01
ompaulLjL, cos that means you don't get channels flooded with extra rubbish17:01
ompaulthey should see the stuff themselves17:02
PiciThey'll do it anyway.17:02
LjLompaul, yeah some factoids have that, but most factoids have quite a few !words in them, can't change them all into instructions to /msg17:02
PiciJust like when you do !stages > sillyUser, they do !stages in channel.17:02
Pici(my pet peeve)17:02
ompaulwell I do actually think that a percentage of stuff is troll based 17:03
LjLi don't know17:03
LjLi oscillate between considering people stupid and considering them trolls :)17:03
LjLanyway i had changed that factoid again already17:04
LjL!no kernel is <reply> The core of the Ubuntu Operating System is the Linux kernel: see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel - You shouldn't have to compile your own, but if you're convinced you do, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile - For more: /msg ubotu stages17:04
ubotuI'll remember that LjL17:04
LjLbetter to not have punctuation attached to URLs, some clients will misinterpret that17:05
ompaulhmm 17:05
ompaulshould we go on a program of removing !foo17:05
Pici!foo17:05
ubotuSorry, I don't know anything about foo - try searching on http://ubotu.ubuntu-nl.org/factoids.cgi17:05
ompaulactually 17:05
Pici:(17:05
ompaulwhat would be much more rockin would be17:06
* ompaul counts back from 10 to get it right17:06
LjLompaul: i don't know... i've actually been the one who added a lot of "!"s to factoids. i know it's not wikipedia, but it's useful to easily link to other factoids... although it does have the drawback of people using them in-channel17:06
ompaulif we did not put see also's in the factiod but on the wiki page17:06
ompauland say see also's 17:07
LjLompaul, they're most often not appropriate on wiki pages17:07
Picishe sell sea shells by the sea shore?17:07
ompaulshe sells C shells by the Bash shore?17:08
LjLompaul, what about we bug seveas once more instead, and make him patch the bot so that, if !foo is called after a factoid containing "!foo" was called, it's send in PM, with the usual notice "Please use the bot in PM"?17:08
LjLlike:17:08
LjL!kompozer17:08
ubotukompozer is a WYSIWYG HTML editor for easily creating web pages, and the continuation of the dead Nvu project. It is available in !Universe on !Gutsy, while for older versions you can add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list file: « deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tonyyarusso/ubuntu {edgy,feisty} universe »  (pick your release and list it without brackets)17:08
ompaulLjL, Launchpad is waiting for you, good idea17:08
LjLthen i type !Universe17:08
LjLbut i get a PM: [18:08:57] <Ubotwo> (In the future, please use a private message to investigate) The packages in Ubuntu are divided into several sections. More information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories and http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/components - See also !EasySource17:09
ompaulsee 17:09
Picihmm..17:09
ompaulwhich sucks cos it pushes me back to 17:09
ompaul!easysource 17:09
ubotusource-o-matic is a webpage where you can (re)generate your sources.list - http://www.ubuntu-nl.org/source-o-matic17:09
ompaulin the channel17:09
ompaulLjL, when I first started with ubotu17:09
LjLompaul, in that case you'd just be trolling... the bot just opened a query with you, and it's pretty clear from the "(message)" that you should go on typing in there17:10
ompaulI did a lot of stuff like go though17:10
ompaulit is clear until you are $silly17:10
TheSheepyou guys want to implement web browser over irc? :)17:10
PiciUsers arent going to notice it.17:10
PiciThey dont notice now when they get queried by ubotu and they wont notice in the future.17:11
TheSheepwhy not put the links on the pages that are linked?17:11
ompaulTheSheep, that was my idea there17:11
ompaulLjL, what I was going to say about when I started 17:11
TheSheepah, sorry, dind't read it whole17:11
ompaulwas this17:11
PiciWe'll just get spammed with people trying to do !factoid !factoid !factoid Why isnt it working!?17:11
ompaulI tried to make each factoid as short as possible - not adding length to them17:11
LjLompaul, Pici: then make the message even more explicit: <ubotu> NOTICE: Type "!" commands here, don't use them in the channel unless you need them to help someone else!  -  Please type !Universe again IN THIS WINDOW to get information about Universe17:12
ompaulthe object of the exercise was to say17:12
LjLPici, they do that anyway when the bot is lagged, which it often is. that's a kick, in my book.17:12
ompaulthat with kompozer I would have kompozer is a WYSIWYG HTML editor for creating web pages. More information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories 17:13
ompaulcos17:13
LjLand Repositories would link to Kompozer instructions...? :P17:14
ompaulall the other seugg we have there  !Universe on !Gutsy17:14
ompaulare not relevant to the query17:14
ompaulan alias for nvu would be good17:14
LjL!nvu17:14
ubotukompozer is a WYSIWYG HTML editor for easily creating web pages, and the continuation of the dead Nvu project. It is available in !Universe on !Gutsy, while for older versions you can add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list file: « deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tonyyarusso/ubuntu {edgy,feisty} universe »  (pick your release and list it without brackets)17:14
ompaulokay17:14
ompaulso 17:14
ompaullets look at the info here17:14
ompaulit breaks into:17:15
PiciWhy dont we just standardize the format of !package factoids17:15
LjLompaul: problem is, people think Kompozer is *not* in the repositories, since it wasn't originally. that's why there's "!Universe", a lengthy explanation, and the factoid exists to begin with17:15
LjLit just wouldn't exist if it were a factoid like all others17:15
PiciJust like I went through and standardized all the !releasename factoids.17:15
ompaul!hoary17:15
ubotuUbuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) was the second release of Ubuntu.  End Of Life: October 31, 2006. See !eol for more details.17:15
Pici!edgy17:15
ubotuUbuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) is the 5th release of Ubuntu. Upgrading to Edgy: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades - Downloading: http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/ - Release Notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyReleaseNotes17:15
Picibleh17:15
PiciI did some of them!17:15
ompaul!eol17:15
ompaulcos I am now curious17:16
LjLPici, what do you mean? unless there is *specific* information to give about a package, !info <package> should be used (which used to be callable with !<package>, but now unfortunately that's not possible). if there's no additional information to give, then no factoid should exist17:16
ubotuEnd-Of-Life is the time when security updates for an Ubuntu release stop. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Website/LifeCycle17:16
LjLbut in the case of !kompozer, it has to be stressed that it's in the repositories17:16
ompaulLjL, well no what could happen is this, there could be a wiki page where the verbose info is17:16
* Pici checks the factoids.cgi for examples17:17
ompaulkompozer, a replacement for nvu, See here http://wiki.... for more ino17:17
ompaulinfo17:17
ompaulthen you tell the full story17:17
LjLompaul, i don't much like that. that's similiar to what ubot-it does: mostly just links to sites. our bot's verbosity is an *asset* in my eyes, although of course it creates drawbacks (like any asset)17:17
ompaulLjL, okay well, when you have more than a thousand in a channel 17:18
LjLbesides, i'm not sure the wiki folks would like having a page for every bot factoid we have17:18
ompauland you have a bot with 5 line factoids and most people don't run full screen 17:18
ompaulyou have a problem17:18
LjLthen force long factoids to always be given in PM if that's really such a problem17:18
ompaulLjL, they would love it, wiki's are for starting info 17:18
ompaulLjL, that force long factoids are not the answer17:19
ompaulthey should be short17:19
* ompaul files a bug on long factoids :)17:19
ompaulthe bot is a helper17:19
ompaulone line gone17:19
LjLshort to the point when it's easier to just reply manually than to call the bot? nah.17:19
Pici!-printer17:19
ubotuprinter has no aliases - added by Seveas on 2006-06-18 16:28:2617:19
ompaullet me do something here17:19
Pici!-printing17:19
ubotuprinting aliases: printers, print, cupsys, ipp - added by Seveas on 2006-06-18 16:31:1317:19
Pici!-cups17:19
ubotucups has no aliases - added by Seveas on 2006-06-18 16:28:3217:19
Picitsk tsk17:19
ompaul!printing17:19
ubotuPrinting in Ubuntu is done with cups. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Printers - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters - http://linuxprinting.org - Printer sharing: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkPrintingFromWindows17:19
ompaulPici, LjL I want to make my case give me three mins to not dos the bot I want to show something here17:20
ompaul!automatix17:20
ubotuAutomatix2 is a 3rd-party product attempting to automate installation of additional software. When it fails and breaks systems, we don't provide support for it. A technical analysis from a Debian/Ubuntu developer can be found at http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77440.html (See also: /msg ubotu worksforme)17:20
LjLwiki pages tend to be *very* long. people just don't read them. bot factoids get the point *across* - if you always just link to a wiki page, people will keep not reading it17:20
LjL!packages17:20
ubotuYou can browse and search for Ubuntu packages using !Synaptic, !Adept, "apt-cache search <keywords or regex>", the "apt:/" URL in KDE, or online at http://packages.ubuntu.com - Ubuntu has about 20000 packages available, so please *search* for an official package before installing things in awkward ways!17:20
ompaul!root17:20
ubotuDo not try to guess the root password, that is impossible. Instead, realise the truth.. there is no root password. Then you will see that it is sudo that grants you access and not the root password. Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo17:20
Piciompaul: sorry, go ahead.17:20
LjLshould this be in a wiki page? no.17:20
ompaulLjL, please17:20
ompaulthey can be if they are addressed with the idea of providing information, they are not stuck 17:21
ubotuIn ubotu, jussi01 said: !studiocd is <reply> Ubuntu Studio is only available as an alternate CD. Ubquity does not meet Ubuntu Studio's requirements at this time.17:21
LjLompaul, yes they can be in the wiki *too*, but the wiki page will also give another 1500 words and people will miss the POINT: that they should search for packages before installing stuff in weird ways.17:22
ompaulwe actually made the case there three factoids and I in xchat with a size nine font have more than half a screen missing17:22
LjLwe should concisely (more concisely than a wiki, but not so concisely that it's easier to just tell them manually) get the point across to them17:22
ompaullet's step back to the start of this whole idea17:23
jussi01hello all... just incase you didnt notice me ;)17:23
LjLompaul, those factoids simply should not be called in the channel, generally. PM should be used. if it's not, that's !botabuse. which ends up resulting in a kick.17:23
Pici!studiocd is <reply> Ubuntu Studio is only available as an alternate CD.  The LiveCD installer does not meet Ubuntu Studio's requirements at this time.17:23
ubotuI'll remember that, Pici17:23
* jussi01 hugs Pici17:23
Pici:)17:23
ompaula bot is something that should help the transfer of often asked for information, it should not add to the noise in the channel in a significant way17:24
ompaul!enter17:24
ubotuPlease try to keep your questions/responses on one line - don't use the "Enter" key as punctuation!17:24
ompaul!repeat17:24
ubotuDon't feel ignored and repeat your question quickly; if nobody knows your answer, nobody will answer you. You can search https://help.ubuntu.com or http://wiki.ubuntu.com while you wait. Also see !patience17:24
ompaul!patience17:24
ubotuThe people here are volunteers, your attitude may determine how fast you are helped.  Not everyone is available all the time, likewise not every answer is available instantly. See also http://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcGuidelines17:24
LjLthese are not often asked for information :) want to make "patience" shorter?     !no patience is <reply> See  http://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcGuidelines17:25
LjLbut that would NOT be good17:25
ompaulbut it could be maybe a line shorter here it is three lines17:25
ompaulThe people here are volunteers. Not everyone with an answer is available all the time. See also http://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcGuidelines17:26
LjLompaul, i'm fine with shrinking them when information is not taken away - when it's just a matter of making the english more concise17:27
LjLbesides, one has to be careful with aliases. for instance, that factoid went astray...17:28
LjL!attitude17:28
ubotuThe people in this channel are volunteers. Your attitude will determine how fast you are helped. See also http://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcGuidelines17:28
LjLi think these were one and the same.17:28
ompaulI am minded of the expression:  If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter17:28
ompaulso it patience17:28
ompaulLjL, I suppose I am looking for more QA on ubotu17:29
ompaul;-)17:29
ompaulTheSheep, and now there is an objective a bot with more QA17:29
LjL!no behaviour is <reply> The people here are volunteers, your attitude should reflect that. Answers are not alwaya available. See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcGuidelines17:30
ubotuI'll remember that LjL17:30
LjL!no patience is <alias> behaviour17:30
ompaulLjL, ;-) 17:30
LjLompaul, i *have* worked a quite a bit with the bot to make factoids more uniform, organized and *also* to make them link to one another in a sensible way. i'm partial to that. my style is certainly often more verbose than necessary, i can grant that17:31
ompaulgrant(verbose) to LjL ;-)17:31
LjL!behaviour =~ s/alwaya/always/17:31
ubotuI'll remember that LjL17:31
LjLanyway i think making the bot PM stuff asked after a factoid that contained the same ! can be sound, whether or not factoids are long, i'll file that17:34
GaryLjL, Answers are not always available. (alwaya to always)17:35
LjLGary, [18:31:54] <LjL> !behaviour =~ s/alwaya/always/17:35
ompaulGary, scroll back is fun ;-)17:35
* ompaul runs17:35
* Gary smacks himself17:35
LjLbesides, this time i've done it in the channel, but i very often post non-proofread factoids in here, just to inform of the *contents*, but then proceed to proofread them in PM17:36
GaryI was not judging 17:36
GaryI like your factoids17:36
ompaulLjL, you get credited for the most popular factoid17:36
ompaul!pb17:37
ubotupastebin is a service to post large texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the #ubuntu channel topic)17:37
ompaulcalled 12406 times17:37
LjLompaul, the !-feature is 100% borked17:37
LjLi hardly created that factoid17:37
Garyis !boys still about? :-)17:37
Pici!boys17:37
ubotuSorry, I don't know anything about boys - try searching on http://ubotu.ubuntu-nl.org/factoids.cgi17:37
* Gary cries17:37
ompaulyou are credited with it ;-)17:37
LjL!boys-#ubuntu-offtopic17:37
ubotu♪ Bad boys, bad boys, watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do when they come for you ♫17:37
Garyyay17:37
ompaulcodecs seems to have the most aliases17:38
ompaul!ubuntu+117:39
LjLompaul: i think at a certain point, the *last person who edited* the factoid was recorded, but then it actually became the person who originally wrote it. so some factoids are credited to one, some to the other17:39
ubotuUbuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) is the latest version of Ubuntu. Upgrading to Gutsy:  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades - Downloading: http://www.ubuntu.com/download - New Features: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/710tour - Please use bittorrent to download if possible, see !torrents17:39
LjLompaul: check out !adept crash fix ;)17:39
ompaul!adept17:39
ubotuadept is the Kubuntu package manager. Howto: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AdeptHowto17:39
ompaul!adept crash fix17:39
ubotuIf an APT front-end crashed and your database is locked, try this in a !terminal: « sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a »17:39
LjL!-aptlock17:39
ubotuaptlock aliases: adept crash fix, adeptcrashfix, adeptfix, adept fix, adept fix crash, dpkg fix crash, dpkg crash fix, adept unlock, aptfix, fix adept, fixadept, adeptcrash, apt-fix - added by LjL on 2007-10-21 15:31:4817:39
ompaulwooooo yukie17:39
LjLnobody *ever* remembers what the correct syntax is, and they invent a new one :P17:39
ompaulso many ways to say it17:39
Tm_T:p17:40
ompaul!hardy17:40
ubotuHardy Heron is the code name for the next release of Ubuntu (8.04-LTS) | Due April 2008 | For more info, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron | Discussion and support in #ubuntu+117:40
Pici!secret download17:40
ubotusuper secret downloads! - http://mirrors.ccs.neu.edu/releases.ubuntu.com/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/releases/17:40
ompaulhehe17:40
LjLhm that might be deleted now i think :)17:40
LjL!forget secret download17:40
ubotuI'll forget that, LjL17:40
PiciNope, still works17:40
ompaulit is now17:40
Piciaww17:40
LjLi meant "might" as in "should" :P17:40
LjLyou can restore it next release :P17:40
ompaulLjL, want to fix !ubuntu+1 ?17:41
ompaulit needs to point to hardy17:41
PiciWhat do you mean?17:41
Picioh, nevermind.17:42
LjL!no hardy is <reply> Hardy Heron is the code name for the next release of Ubuntu (8.04-LTS), due April 2008 - For more info, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron - Discussion and support in #ubuntu+1, NOT #ubuntu17:42
ubotuI'll remember that LjL17:42
LjL!no ubuntu+1 is <alias> hardy17:42
ubotuYou are editing an alias. Please repeat the edit command within the next 10 seconds to confirm17:42
LjL!no ubuntu+1 is <alias> hardy17:42
ompaulLjL, !spam call it here and then imagine how wounded I feel ;-)17:43
ompaul!spam17:43
ubotuUnsure how you should behave on this channel? See !AskTheBot, !CoC, !Guidelines, !Offtopic, !Language, !Attitude, !Repeat, !Enter, !Paste, !NickSpam - and most importantly, use common sense :-)17:43
LjL!overly-long-factoid-that-will-destroy-ompaul's-screen-and-make-it-explode-into-pieces17:44
ompaulLjL, na it is the repeated !17:44
LjLompaul: well there *is* a reason that !AskTheBot is *first*, though :P17:44
ompaul!askthebot17:44
ompaullets see how long this is17:45
ompaulif you call one and the others all get called what a mess that would be17:45
LjL!no etiquette is <reply> Unsure how you should behave on this channel? See (in a private message with the bot, /msg ubotu <keyword>): !AskTheBot, !CoC, !Guidelines, !Offtopic, !Language, !Attitude, !Repeat, !Enter, !Paste, !NickSpam - and most importantly, use common sense...17:45
ubotuI'll remember that LjL17:45
LjL!-askthebot17:46
ubotuaskthebot is <alias> botabuse - added by Seveas on 2006-06-19 23:02:5917:46
LjLompaul: why didn't it reply to you?17:46
ompaul!askthebot17:46
ubotuPlease investigate with me only in /msg or in #ubuntu-bots (type also /msg ubotu Bot). Also avoid adding joke/useless factoids. Abusing the channel bots will only result in angry ops...17:46
LjLseveas was lurking and implemented that thing before i could even file it? :P17:46
Seveaslurking yes, but not implementing17:47
ompaulSeveas, hiya 17:47
LjLthen why did it ignore ompaul? *scratches head*17:47
* Gary hides from Seveas 17:47
ompaulLjL, your's or mine17:47
LjLompaul: [18:44:56] <ompaul> !askthebot17:47
LjLit never replied17:47
ompaulI wonder did it see me at all17:48
Garyhard to miss17:48
ompaulSeveas, I got this idea, it might be totally nuts - or not 17:48
LjLi say totally nuts :P17:48
ompaulSeveas, imagine you had a second bot that only spoke17:49
Seveas!-span17:49
ubotuSorry, I don't know anything about span - try searching on http://ubotu.ubuntu-nl.org/factoids.cgi17:49
Seveas!-spam17:49
ubotuspam is <alias> etiquette - added by Mez on 2007-02-11 16:34:5017:49
Seveas!-askthebot17:49
ubotuaskthebot is <alias> botabuse - added by Seveas on 2006-06-19 23:02:5917:49
ompauland one that read and passed the parameter to the other17:49
Seveasompaul, that's nuts 17:49
LjLyup, nuts. though i haven't understood what you mean anyway :P17:49
ompaulSeveas, an even more evil question17:50
ompauldoes the bot read what it says?17:50
Seveasit can be made to17:51
ompaulso it does not at this time17:51
ompaulthats good ;-)17:51
LjLSeveas what about (aside from the fact that you'll be too lazy to implement it, just the concept itself) making factoids go in PM if they were contained in previously called factoids? pici *does* have a point in that this risks making people type !factoid !factoid !factoid because they don't realize they have a PM. worth that risk?17:51
SeveasLjL, not sure17:51
PiciGood answer :)17:51
SeveasI don't like it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't make sense17:52
LjLSeveas: well it's not much unlike the current !factoid > myself resulting in a PM (actually i suspect the implementation can be based on it). anyway i *do* like the concept of factoids linking to one another...17:52
LjLi'd be sad to see it go away, i'd rather find a workable solution17:53
ompaulLjL, are you php capable ikonia is in #ubuntu-offtopic looking for 5 mins17:53
LjLhmm i write some php but mostly hack it around while looking at php.net, let's see17:56
LjL"solid with the basics" - hardly17:56
=== mc44_ is now known as mc44
Tm_Thug me!18:14
ompaulSeveas, LjL planning on a mini unban up to mid september for #ubuntu but -- leaving the forwards to read topic18:14
LjLis "sudobash" in #ubuntu sudoking aka sudosu?18:16
LjLhe seems an idiot anyway18:16
* LjL punches Tm_T18:17
LjLompaul: good though i'd leave nickname/ident/realname bans in place perhaps18:17
ompaulas per usual they are18:17
Tm_TLjL: :(18:18
MyrttiHey, LjL, he's my friend :-<18:26
* LjL punches Myrtti too18:26
MyrttiHey, you don't punch a lady with glasses!18:28
Myrttithis is unfair!18:28
LjLMyrtti: yes, to my hands. you should have warned me about having glasses before i punched you.18:28
Myrtti/me pokes LjL with a pink fluffypointed pen blinking with LED lights18:29
Myrtti*poink*18:29
LjLooooh, LED18:30
LjLsee, i told you he was going to be a troll18:34
Tm_Twho is troll?18:34
LjLsudobash18:34
Tm_Tah him18:35
LjLSeveas, that was good advice though :P18:36
Seveas--- Seveas sets ban on sudo*!*@*18:41
Seveasis that too wide?18:41
no0tica little too wide, probably :)18:42
LjLSeveas, he's probably not the same user as SudoKing as i suspected (checked the /ns info), so until he tries to rejoin no reason to ban him hard...18:42
no0ticwho knows? perhaps everyone whose name's sudo* is a troll inside18:43
LjLand yeah, i think it might be a little too wide anyway... what about hardcore Sudoku players :)18:43
LjLby the way, /whois sudokin118:43
LjLsudoking's clone surely18:43
ompaulthey should play nethack18:44
LjL!files18:58
ubotuThe files and directories on an Ubuntu system are organized according to a standard, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard - file permissions are explained at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions - All filenames and directory names (and many other things) are case sensitive in Linux18:58
LjL!no files is <reply> An explanation of how files and directories are organized on Ubuntu, and how they can be manipulated, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxFilesystemTreeOverview18:58
ubotuI'll remember that LjL18:58
LjLompaul: happy? :P (the page mentioned is about to get a revamp, yes)18:58
Myrttijoo, on mullakin tossa duunijuttuja auki18:58
Myrttiärsh18:58
ompaulLjL, ;-)18:58
LjLMyrtti: i wholeheartedly agree18:59
ompaulMyrtti, most likely on tuesdays ... ;-)18:59
ompaulikonia, I take it you saw the pm20:27
ompaulikonia, ohh yes he is - just not with /ignore ;-)20:36
ikoniaompaul: I just saw the pm - sorry for the slow response someone was jabbering on to me20:38
ompaulikonia, np20:38
LjLgah... how do you give internal links a different label than the pagename on moinmoin21:13
TheSheepLjL: you'll love it21:14
LjLi have a feeling i won't21:14
TheSheepLjL: [:page name:link name]21:14
LjLwell, i'm happy it can be done at least, i was starting to doubt it21:14
LjLok, have a look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxFilesystemTreeOverview which is now what !files, !permissions, !chmod etc point to, i've basically written it from scratch21:25
LjLworking on the wiki discourages me21:38
LjLi find two pages that look to much alike and start thinking about merging them21:38
LjLthen i realize there's another *four* pages that basically say the same thing to21:38
LjLafter my head has already started spinning, i find out that it's really all in the official guide21:38
LjLwhy do we have wiki pages *at all* for stuff that's right there in the guide?21:38
ompaulthat was where the guides came from21:41
ompaulLjL, ^^21:41
ompaulLjL, have a chat with mdke maybe there is a chance to start filing "dupes" against the pages and have them worked into one 21:42
LjLompaul: but then the guides sometimes/often seem more polished, somewhat unsurprisingly. though, the wiki often has more "practical" information. at the end of the day, what should we prefer on the bot?21:42
ompaulLjL, the offical doc - the wiki the forum21:43
LjLompaul, i already mentioned the issue to mdke (it's about filesystem mounting pages specifically), although when i did, i hadn't yet found that there weren't *only* two pages21:43
ompaulunless that has changed21:43
nalioththe bot gets what works from the official sources21:43
LjLok, but mostly the bot has links to the wiki currently... very few links to the official guide afaics21:43
LjLbesides, is wiki.ubuntu.com now supposed to be used for *any* sort of ubuntu documentation?21:43
ompaulLjL, yeaop21:44
LjLwhat kind? note that when i say "official guide", i mean like https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/installation-guide/hppa/directory-tree.html21:45
LjLwhen i say "wiki", i mean like  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxFilesystemTreeOverview21:45
LjLand when i say wiki.ubuntu.com, i don't know what i mean21:45
ompaulLjL, wiki.ubuntu.com is not help.ubuntu.com 21:47
LjLindeed it is not21:47
ompaulwiki is help / community21:47
LjLright, in fact i call help.ubuntu.com "official guide", and i called help.ubuntu.com/community "wiki"21:48
LjLbut wiki.ubuntu.com is definitely also a wiki21:48
LjLso, help.ubuntu.com is made up by putting stuff together from help.ubuntu.com/community and polishing it -- is that what you're saying?21:48
LjLand if yes, what's the place of wiki.ubuntu.com as far as documentation goes?21:49
jriblocos and ubuntu teams use it21:55
jribspecs too21:55
jribso wiki stuff that is not documentation basically21:56
LjLjrib: yes, we use it for the guidelines as well... but that was my question: no *ubuntu* documentation?21:56
jribas I understand it, no ubuntu documentation on wiki.ubuntu.com.  Are you asking where documentation for other things belongs?21:57
LjLjrib: no, no, i just wanted to make sure that wiki.ubuntu.com is never for ubuntu documentation.21:58
LjLi'm confused enough by the plentiful of stuff in help.ubuntu.com/community + help.ubuntu.com, that's reassuring that at least wiki.ubuntu.com does *not* have documentation21:59
LjLinfatti22:00
ompaul!tor22:29
ubotuThe #ubuntu channel and related channels ban users joining from anonymous gateways like tor/silenceisdefeat/cgi:irc because the abuse:useful ratio is close to infinity:nothing -- project cloaks will let you join, otherwise you should simply not use an anonymizer.22:29
ubotuAttention tor users.  You may think you are anonymous, but you are not.  Please visit http://tor.unixgu.ru/ and see for yourself.   Please evaluate your need to use tor here on irc.  If you wish anonymity, Freenode offers cloaks of many different types. http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#cloaks22:29
LjLompaul: i aliased it to !proxy just some minutes ago22:34
ompaularrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr22:34
* ompaul is mid edit22:35
ompaulokay22:35
PiciAre you two still looking at factoids?22:35
LjL!pici22:35
ompaulI am22:35
ubotupici is stuck in a factoid factory! Halp!22:35
Pici:D22:35
LjL!-pici22:35
ubotupici has no aliases - added by Pici on 2007-10-17 17:36:2622:35
ompauland they are the wrong way around22:35
LjLi see22:35
ompaulbut no matter I was trying to cut out a few words22:36
Pici<.<22:36
ompaulhow about >> no proxy is <reply> The #ubuntu and related channels prohibit users on anonymous gateways such as tor/silenceisdefeat/cgi:irc as the abuse from these was extreme. Note that project cloaks will let you join, otherwise you should simply not use an anonymizer. 22:36
ompaulit is shorter22:36
ompaulThe #ubuntu and related channels prohibit users on anonymous gateways such as tor/silenceisdefeat/cgi:irc as the abuse from these was extreme. Note that project cloaks will let you join, otherwise you should simply not use an anonymizer. 22:36
ompaulactually 22:36
ompaulThe #ubuntu and related channels prohibit users on anonymous gateways such as tor/silenceisdefeat/cgi:irc as the abuse from these was extreme. Note that project cloaks will let you join.22:36
ompaulyay I got rid of some stuff22:37
LjLperhaps the link to cloaks should stay22:37
LjLotherwise they'd just ask what the heck a cloak is22:37
ompaulyes22:37
ompaulThe #ubuntu and related channels prohibit users on anonymous gateways such as tor/silenceisdefeat/cgi:irc as the abuse from these was extreme. Note that project cloaks will let you join. See: http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#cloaks22:37
ompaulboo I want more removed22:37
LjL(also anyway the #ubuntu-proxy-users topic is verbose)22:38
ompaullet me see 22:38
LjLompaul, you're getting on my nerves now, i'll have to resort to ad hitlerum >:22:38
LjLompaul, you're a factoid conciseness NAZI22:38
Pici:O22:38
naliothLjL: ?22:39
LjLnalioth: go on22:39
ompaulahh he can stay22:39
ompaulhe is right 22:39
ompaulor wrong22:39
ompaulor whatever22:39
naliothpretty harsh, LjL 22:39
LjLnalioth: well, i couldn't think of anything nicer that would highlight the whole channel. except !ops, but !ops would have been totally out of context.22:40
Picianyway.22:41
ompaul#ubuntu & related channels prohibit access from proxy servers (tor/cgi:irc etc) due to a high level of  the abuse. NB that project cloaks will let you join. See: http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#cloaks22:42
ompaulmore to do 22:42
* tomaw blinks22:42
ompaul#ubuntu & related channels prohibit access from proxy servers (tor/cgi:irc etc) due to a high level of  the abuse. NB Project cloaks allowed: http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#cloaks22:42
LjL¡no proxy is <reply> u cant get in w/ proxiez n00b.22:43
ompaulLjL, STOP IT22:43
ompaul;p22:43
LjLhey, it's short!22:43
ompaulLjL, I want to loose two more words22:43
Picihigh level of <strike>the</strike> abuse22:43
LjL"tor/cgi:irc etc"22:43
LjLmakes three words22:43
LjLand, for goodness sake, restore the "and"22:44
ompaul#ubuntu and related channels prohibit access from proxy servers due to a high level of abuse. NB Project cloaks allowed: http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#cloaks22:44
ompaulwhoot22:44
ompaulnow I am happy22:44
ompaulanyone not like that?22:44
LjLPici, now stop writing your request for irc council membership, i'll get away with this :P22:44
ompaulshadup already22:45
LjLompaul: i don't like it! oh wait, it's what i just told you to type. i like it.22:45
ompaulokay ready to rock22:45
ompaul!no proxy is #ubuntu and related channels prohibit access from proxy servers due to a high level of abuse. NB Project cloaks allowed: http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#cloaks22:45
ubotuI'll remember that ompaul22:45
Myrttiwhy are you shorenin factoids?22:45
ompaulMyrtti, they are too long22:45
* ompaul rofls22:45
tomawYou people either have a very odd way of flirty or I am very sleepy22:46
PiciMyrtti: Ubotu's server is running out of disk space22:46
tomawflirting*22:46
LjLompaul: i suggest a <reply>22:46
Myrttipwah22:46
PiciPlus they weigh less22:46
ompaul!no proxy is <reply> #ubuntu and related channels prohibit access from proxy servers due to a high level of abuse. NB Project cloaks allowed: http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#cloaks22:46
ubotuI'll remember that ompaul22:46
PiciI know what NB means, but do our users?22:46
Myrttiim so cold22:46
LjLcargo boat 6 pm stop turn right six nodes stop22:46
ompaulPici, they better22:47
ompaulPici, point I'll kill it22:47
LjLPici: they'll think we're calling them "noob", it'll work just as well.22:47
ompaul!no proxy is <reply> #ubuntu and related channels prohibit access from proxy servers due to a high level of abuse. Project cloaks allowed: http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#cloaks22:47
naliothNB ?22:47
ubotuI'll remember that ompaul22:47
ompaulnote beni22:47
LjLnota bene22:47
ompaulahh22:47
ompaultomaw, we do indeed - sleepy head22:48
tomaw:)22:48
ompaul;-)22:48
ompaulcan I have one more long factoid please22:48
LjLcan i has factoidz?!22:49
ompauli can haz factoidz?22:49
LjLah sorry22:49
Myrttilul22:49
LjLi'm not fluent in lolcat22:49
LjLanyway, hmm, i'm sure i knew many of them22:49
LjLbut ouch they all escape me now :P22:49
Myrtti!automatix22:50
ubotuAutomatix2 is a 3rd-party product attempting to automate installation of additional software. When it fails and breaks systems, we don't provide support for it. A technical analysis from a Debian/Ubuntu developer can be found at http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77440.html (See also: /msg ubotu worksforme)22:50
ompaulLjL, the only really long factoid that I have an interest in now is automatix and it22:50
ompaulMyrtti, yeap as I was saying22:50
ompaul!works for me22:50
ubotuCommon Sense: Just because you can, does not mean you should. Think before you do. "Works for me" does not mean it is ok. The latest version of everything is not always useful if you aim for stability.22:50
ompaulokay works for me is going to get it and then I will see what I can do with the other22:51
LjLompaul, if you change works for me seveas will kill you. oh, same for !doesn't work.22:53
Seveasindeed22:53
LjLi'd be in favor of shortening automatix though: Don't use Automatix, it will break your system and we'll laugh at you, kthxbye.22:53
Seveasindeed again22:54
ompaulLjL, I usually am sensitive to what needs to be said and I think that Seveas might even approve of them22:54
Myrttiautomatix baddon't use it.22:54
ompaulna na na22:54
LjLompaul: seveas approve? do you even know which words you're putting together in the same sentence?22:54
SeveasLjL, he may be drunk22:54
PiciSeveas resigned from approving things22:54
ompaulautomatix is lulz joke on U, you can has brokez sestym22:54
SeveasPici, I'm still botmaster ;)22:54
PiciSeveas: I know ;)22:55
jrib"automatix is not recommended or supported, see: foo"22:55
Seveass/foo/you fool!/22:55
LjLand anyway that won't stop him from disapproving i'm sure :P22:55
Myrtticold22:55
LjLjokes aside, i +1 jrib. that factoid was recently modified to make it more PC so to say, but it can be PC and yet not waste characters describing something we don't want to hear about22:56
Myrttiyeah22:56
Myrttiuse at your own risk22:57
PiciPerhaps !envy should be de-humorized too and focus more on why its not needed now.22:57
LjL!no automatix is not recommended, supported or needed. See http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77440.html and « /msg ubotu WorksForMe »22:57
ubotuI'll remember that LjL22:57
ompaul!envy22:57
ubotuenvy is a script that may leave you envious of those who have not used it, use the resticted manager to install binary drivers or use the instructions on the wiki, this script may break your machine very badly!22:57
ompaul!no envy is <reply> envy is not needed e the resticted manager to install binary drivers or use the instructions on the wiki.22:58
ubotuI'll remember that ompaul22:58
Pici!envy =~ s/ e / /22:59
ubotuI'll remember that Pici22:59
LjLnot needed *or supported*.22:59
LjLwe do want to make clear that we don't support that stuff.22:59
Pici!envy =~ s/needed/needed or supported. Use/22:59
ubotuI'll remember that Pici22:59
Pici!envy22:59
ubotuenvy is not needed or supported. Use the resticted manager to install binary drivers or use the instructions on the wiki.22:59
LjL!no envy is not needed or supported. Use the Resticted Manager to install binary drivers and see « /msg ubotu binarydriver »23:00
ubotuI'll remember that LjL23:00
LjLyet again... if i could just write "Use the Restricted Manager to install your !binarydriver"... that would make it so much shorter, no ompaul? :P23:01
naliothbut that doesn't put 'envy' in the factoid23:01
LjLnalioth: ?23:01
naliothand folks may not realize 'envy' does 'restricted driver things'23:01
LjLnalioth, no, i meant this23:01
PiciAnd not realize that we dont support or condone its use23:02
naliothLjL: you have to write these so that retarded idiots can understand them23:02
LjLno envy is not needed or supported. Use the Resticted Manager to install your !BinaryDrivers23:02
LjLjust this23:02
naliothif a retarded idiot can get it, everyone else can, too23:02
LjLnalioth: but the thing is that were were arguing earlier whether !linking to !factoids is a good thing, or it just makes people flood the channel by invoking them in the channel23:02
LjLhaving "type /msg ubotu blah blah" in factoids makes them longer and inelegant, and in many cases, just cannot be done23:03
LjLthe other idea was putting this sort of cross-links in the *wiki* instead, but i think they have their place in the bot23:04
Myrttilinks get lost on long pages23:06
LjLyeah23:07
Myrttigets too growded23:07
LjLi do realize that putting !factoids inside factoids makes people type those in the channel23:07
LjLthat's a drawback i admit23:07
LjLbut... it's still cool :)23:07
Myrttiif the   bot could msg the additionsal info23:08
Myrttiautomaticaölly23:08
PiciI think thats asking too much, plus lots of times other people in the channel are interested in what the additional information is.23:09
ompaulLjL, go for it23:10
LjLMyrtti, i suggested this but i'm not sure it's viable either: when !factoid1 is called in the channel and it mentions !factoid2, then if !factoid2 is called immediately after, it gets sent in a PM to the caller, with a warning to PM the bot in the future23:12
Tm_Thumm23:13
LjLobvious caveat... people who don't understand what a PM is will keep doing !factoid2 !factoid2 thinking the bot is stuck23:14
LjLalthough, imho, that shouldn't really happen so often... when it does one gets a kick, because it doesn't take rocket science to realize that that's spamming a channel23:15
Tm_TLjL: some "first part" of information in factoid, rest in wiki, sounds reasonable to me, though apparently people are lazy to read anyway23:15
LjLTm_T: yeah the problem *is* that people are lazy. so i'm concerned about putting the stuff that matters right in the bot, so they won't miss it23:16
Tm_TLjL: yup, thats the "first part"23:16
ompaul!bootoptions23:16
ubotuFor a list and explanation on some of the boot options, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions23:16
ompaulnow that is a factoid ;-)23:16
ompaul!ati23:17
ubotuTo install the Ati/NVidia drivers for your video card, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto23:17
ompaul!wireless23:17
ubotuWireless documentation can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs23:17
Tm_TLjL: and IMHO we should encourage to activity in learning ;)23:17
ompaulTm_T, you have no humble in your opinion - you messer23:17
LjLompaul, those *are* useful, but they're little more than tinyurls.23:17
Tm_Ter?23:17
LjLi think the bot has higher uses than that.23:17
Tm_Tompaul: ?23:17
ompaulTm_T,  I am being lighthearted23:18
* Tm_T dont understand23:18
LjLTm_T, don't worry about it.23:18
Tm_T:(23:18
Tm_Tand now I feel like a fool23:18
Tm_Tthough thats not a new thing either23:18
LjLTm_T, i mean, i have no idea what he's talking about either23:19
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ompaulTm_T, I am hard to understand at the best of times23:19
ompaulproof positive of this is the topic in -offtopic23:19
LjLompaul: now, want some taste of some of my *real* factoids? :>23:21
LjL!p2p23:21
ubotuPeer-to-peer filesharing clients are available for several networks/protocols, including !BitTorrent, !Gnutella, !eDonkey, !DirectConnect, !SoulSeek - Multi-protocol engines include !MLDonkey and !giFT - See wiki.ubuntu.com/P2PFileSharing for general information23:21
LjLgo on, follow the links23:21
LjLalso, where did the http:// go23:21
ompaulood dear23:21
ompaul!bittorrent23:22
ubotuTorrent clients: Transmission (GTK and terminal-based), Deluge-Torrent, Freeloader, BitStormLite, BitTornado-GUI (GTK), KTorrent (KDE), QTorrent (Qt), Azureus (Java), TorrentFlux (web-based), bittornado, rTorrent, cTorrent, bittorrent, aria2 (terminal-based) - FAQ: http://www.bittorrent.com/FAQ.html - See also !P2P23:22
ompaul!edonkey23:22
ubotueDonkey clients: aMule (GTK, stand-alone), mldonkey-gui (GTK, based on MLDonkey), KMLDonkey (KDE, based on MLDonkey) - See also !P2P23:22
ompaul!directconnect23:22
ubotuDirect Connect clients: Valknut (Qt), dcgui (GTK), dc-qt (Qt, alpha), rccp (terminal-based) - See also !P2P23:22
ompaul!soulseek23:22
ubotuSoulSeek clients: Nicotine (GTK), Museeq (KDE), Mucous (terminal-based) - See also !P2P23:22
ompaul!mldonkey23:22
ubotumldonkey is a peer-to-peer filesharing engine supporting several networks and protocols, available in !Universe as 'mldonkey-server'. Clients include mkdonkey-gui (GTK) and KMLDonkey (KDE). See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MLDonkey - See also !P2P23:22
ompaul!gift23:23
LjLyou killed the bot now23:23
ompaulheh23:23
ubotugift is a peer-to-peer filesharing engine supporting several networks and protocols by means of plug-ins. It's available in !Universe. Clients include gifTui, giFToxic (GTK), Apollon (KDE), giFTcurs (terminal-based) - See also !P2P23:23
* ompaul cries23:23
naliothchannel !spam23:23
naliothchannel !spam23:23
naliothchannel !spam23:23
LjLhey, i just wrote them, ompaul called them.23:24
LjLbad ompaul.23:24
ompaulLjL, they all should call p2p which then points to the url23:24
ompaulwhich is rather verbose23:24
ompaulLjL, some additional clients could be added to the wiki23:25
LjLverbose, yes... it tells you what the *Windows* clients are23:25
LjL... and, sometimes, what some of the Ubuntu clients are23:25
LjLwithout even specifying if they're GNOME or KDE23:25
LjLalso, why is it on wiki.ubuntu.com?23:25
ompaulLjL, now theres a job for someone ;-)23:25
LjLdidn't we just finish saying wiki.ubuntu.com was *not for ubuntu documentation*?23:26
ompaulLjL, cos it is so unprofessional 23:26
ompaulit never made the leap23:26
ompaulwell now there is a project for next week23:26
ompaulright now I am going to bed!23:26
LjLompaul: waitwait, there is a help.ubuntu.com page too!23:27
LjLhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/P2PHowTo23:27
* ompaul gives up23:27
ompaulsleep will not be easy LjL I tell ya23:27
ompaul;-)23:27
naliothnight, ompaul 23:27
LjLnonono23:27
LjLaaaw he hasn't looked at the lovely eDonkey paragraph23:27
LjLwhere they make you get a tarball23:27
LjLand the run the .sh script.... not as root though23:28
LjLok seriously, a lot of the documentation is a mess. i suppose i could go and write yet another wiki page from scratch (as it's easier than putting the existing stuff together)23:29
LjLbut really, ubotu is *already* better than that23:29
PiciI agree, the wiki *is* a mess23:30
LjLPici: *which* wiki? :)23:30
LjLi don't think i've really understood yet which one is the real one :P23:30
Picium.. wiki/help.ubuntu.com?23:31
LjLPici: yeah, wiki or help? why is there documentation in wiki.? why is it duplicated in help.? ompaul said the wiki. one is so lousy that it didn't make it to help., but the help. one is even lousier on the same topic23:32

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